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wesleyboy's review against another edition
5.0
The Governor’s story continues as the world deteriorates and the buddy count rises. No one is safe, and nothing gets better.
Damn, this is a good series.
Damn, this is a good series.
sarasofraz's review against another edition
5.0
Dear lord ain't this too thrillin for little old sara.
holly_117's review against another edition
5.0
Holy cow! Robert Kirkman is not afraid to kill off main characters!
This installation gives us the birth of Lori's baby - Rick doesn't want to know if he's the father or if Shane is (he picked up on the fact that Lori slept with Shane during Shane's last rant) and they settle back into what passes for stable family life after the zombie apocalypse.
After that, everything goes straight to hell. Glen is shot in the chest during a supply run, but lives because he's wearing the body armor they found in the prison. Carol commits suicide by zombie, leaving Sophia orphaned in Rick & Lori's care. Dale gets bitten, but they manage to save his life by amputating his lower leg.
When the Governor and his goons attack the prison, the casualties add up fast - Rick is shot in the abdomen (but isn't killed) and Andrea gets a graze wound to the head. The Governor retreats, and the group falls apart without Rick's guidance. Michonne and Tyreese decide to strike at the Governor while he's retreating, while Andrea, Dale, the twins, Sophia, Glen and Maggie decide to run for it and leave the rest of the group. Tyreese is captured and beheaded by the Governor in an attempt to make the last of the group in the prison surrender, but when that plan doesn't work, they attack again. Alice, Axel and Patricia are killed in the battle and Billy is killed after surrendering. But the true shocker is Lori - she and the baby are killed as they're making a run for the getaway truck with Rick and Carl.
At the end of the book, the only people left alive from the original group are Rick, Carl, Andrea, Dale, Sophia, Glenn, Maggie and the twin boys. The prison has fallen to the Governor's people (the Governor himself is killed shortly after the battle, when his followers realizes that they've killed a woman and a baby.) Michonne may be alive, but she's split from the group at this point.
Wow. I can't wait to read book 5!
This installation gives us the birth of Lori's baby - Rick doesn't want to know if he's the father or if Shane is (he picked up on the fact that Lori slept with Shane during Shane's last rant) and they settle back into what passes for stable family life after the zombie apocalypse.
After that, everything goes straight to hell. Glen is shot in the chest during a supply run, but lives because he's wearing the body armor they found in the prison. Carol commits suicide by zombie, leaving Sophia orphaned in Rick & Lori's care. Dale gets bitten, but they manage to save his life by amputating his lower leg.
When the Governor and his goons attack the prison, the casualties add up fast - Rick is shot in the abdomen (but isn't killed) and Andrea gets a graze wound to the head. The Governor retreats, and the group falls apart without Rick's guidance. Michonne and Tyreese decide to strike at the Governor while he's retreating, while Andrea, Dale, the twins, Sophia, Glen and Maggie decide to run for it and leave the rest of the group. Tyreese is captured and beheaded by the Governor in an attempt to make the last of the group in the prison surrender, but when that plan doesn't work, they attack again. Alice, Axel and Patricia are killed in the battle and Billy is killed after surrendering. But the true shocker is Lori - she and the baby are killed as they're making a run for the getaway truck with Rick and Carl.
At the end of the book, the only people left alive from the original group are Rick, Carl, Andrea, Dale, Sophia, Glenn, Maggie and the twin boys. The prison has fallen to the Governor's people (the Governor himself is killed shortly after the battle, when his followers realizes that they've killed a woman and a baby.) Michonne may be alive, but she's split from the group at this point.
Wow. I can't wait to read book 5!
bradizzell's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
scubacat's review against another edition
1.0
This series just keeps getting worse. More misogynistic, more pointlessly brutal, more sexist. It's gotten so bad that I keep them in my car to read when I have free time instead of bringing them into the house where my kids can see them. I am all for a little zombie killing, but the characters are so awful to each other that it's getting harder to justify reading them for any reason. So unless you're like me and just want to see the differences between the show and the comic, you're better off just skipping these altogether.
jcpdiesel21's review against another edition
4.0
The first half of this volume follows the lives of the gang within the prison walls during mostly peaceful and uneventful times, although the threat of the Woodbury residents is constantly looming over their heads. The second half ratchets up the action with an ambush and bloody fight to keep the prison. There are numerous, game-changing surprises near the end that shake up the lives of the remaining survivors and propel the series into a new direction.
geo_ix's review against another edition
4.0
This is the last one I have from the library right now, but I actually enjoyed this one so much I'm going to send my partner back tomorrow morning to return the ones I read and get the next few lol.
I've been waiting for Lori to die to be honest, I personally just don't like her, and being as I've watched the show I think this one so far has been the MOST different from that so I was surprised how this one played out, and I prefer how it happened here.
Also, I was super upset about Axel, he got pulled into all their drama and he was such a nice guy. Also teared up a little for Hershel and totally understand his choice.
Upset with the RV crew as they were the teams top shooters, even if one returned to help, I get it but it wasn't nice to all just jump in and not talk it through, they left them there like sitting ducks while people were still healing from wounds lol
I've been waiting for Lori to die to be honest, I personally just don't like her, and being as I've watched the show I think this one so far has been the MOST different from that so I was surprised how this one played out, and I prefer how it happened here.
Also, I was super upset about Axel, he got pulled into all their drama and he was such a nice guy. Also teared up a little for Hershel and totally understand his choice.
Upset with the RV crew as they were the teams top shooters, even if one returned to help, I get it but it wasn't nice to all just jump in and not talk it through, they left them there like sitting ducks while people were still healing from wounds lol
jcschildbach's review against another edition
4.0
To this point, I've given five stars to each of the other volumes. I am a bit unclear as to whether I'm giving four stars as a quality issue on this one, or because I was a little too distressed by the level of chaos and violence that closes out this volume. Maybe I was just caught up in the story and hoping that the band of survivors would hold on to a sense of safety and security a bit longer. There is much left hanging at the end of this volume, including several characters who may or may not be dead--and several who weren't even tracked at all during the final scenes. But potentially worse is that some of the main characters--good and bad--are taken out rather quickly when it might have been more satisfying to have had more made of their passing. Of course, others are taken out slowly and in pretty graphic detail. At the same time, even as I write this, I can clearly call to mind the specific illustrations and panels in which each of the characters were taken out. Hmmm. Maybe I should put five stars up on this one, too. Even in the midst of the chaos and violence, and rather rapid pace of those last sequences, the book was powerful enough to make an impact I didn't realize it was making.
llcoffj's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75